State Department Issues 2010 Report On International Religious Freedom

Thursday, November 18, 2010
Religion Clause

Yesterday the U.S. State Department released its 2010 Report on International Religious Freedom.
The annual report to Congress is mandated by Section 102 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998...

..The report surveys the status of religious freedom separately for every country around the world (except for the U.S. itself). The Executive Summary  highlights 27 countries in which there have been noteworthy developments, either positive or negative. It reports on U.S. efforts to promote religious freedom in the 8 countries the State Department has formally designated as "Countries of Particular Concern." (See prior posting.) However the Report did not update these designations. Secretary Posner, though, said that a new list will be forthcoming "in the next couple of months." the rest-go here for more links

US allies under fire in religious freedom report
The U.S. State Department released its 2010 International Religious Freedom Report on Nov. 17. Several of the nation's closest strategic and commercial partners came in for criticism, including some that were designated as “countries of particular concern” for their religious repression...